Hi everyone. I'm really really sorry it's taken me this long to update, and I'm currently grovelling and offering you all chocolate covered House's in the hope that you'll forgive me, but I totally ran out of ideas and couldn't get started at all on more chapters. I hope I've made up for it in this chapter. Turns out adding that bit to the end of last chapter didn't help at all! Plus I had my jaw fractured playing football (soccer) so I haven't really been in the mood to write either. :(

Thank you to everyone that has reviewed so far and I hope you'll do so in the future.

Enjoy!

There was a steady and annoying knocking sound interrupting Cuddy's sleep this time.

'WHAT?!' she shouted to whoever was tapping on her office door. She rolled over and groaned at the sight of House pressing his face to the door like a kid outside a toy store.

He pushed the door open and plonked himself on the coffee table next to the sofa she was trying to sleep on. 'Cuddyyyyy.' He whined when she rolled over and ignored him, 'Cuddyyyyy.' He tried again and started to poke her with the end of his cane.

'What do you want House? I'm trying to sleep.'

'Nothing.' He replied innocently, and grinned at Cuddy when she rolled over and glared at him.

'Why are you in here then?' Cuddy asked. House leered down her blouse as she sat up in front of him. 'You're drooling.' She said, and he smirked at her.

'Just wanted to let you know that it's, oooh… half past ten,' he said looking at his watch, 'and that the snow is melting so we can finally get out of this place.'

'Half past ten!' she screeched, making House wince, 'why didn't you wake me up earlier?' She started fussing over the unusual mess she'd left on her desk the night before, mumbling about reports and deadlines.

House sat there on her coffee table, twirling his cane and waited for the rest of his sentence to catch up with her. 'Wait, the snow's melting?' she stopped shuffling papers and finally looked at him.

'Yep,' He grinned, 'you wanna get out of here?' he asked, gesturing to the door.

Recognising the twinkle in his eye she forced herself to look away and resume tidying, 'I really need to get things sorted here and then I'm going to head home for a proper shower and bed.'

'You sure?' His voice came from right behind her. Cuddy whirled round, not having realised House had moved closer to her, he was now effectively pinning her between him and the front of her desk.

Their gazes locked and Cuddy's breathing hitched at the intense look in his eyes, but she managed to force out what she wanted to say, 'I haven't had a good night's sleep in at least 3 days and as much as I like this hospital, I really want to be round my own things for a while, you know?'

House didn't say anything, just continued to stare at her. Just as she was about to say something he inched forward and Cuddy couldn't do anything but let her eyes drift shut and wait for him to kiss her. Their breaths mixed and House closed the distance between them so their lips just touched, 'I'll talk to you later.' He said and then backed away leaving Cuddy standing there with her eyes still closed.

The sound of her office door closing made Cuddy finally open her eyes and release the breath she didn't realise she'd been holding, 'Bastard.'

XxXx HUDDY xXxX

'I thought you were going home?' Cuddy jumped, and knocked a pile of reports from the edge of her desk.

'I was.' She replied as she bent down to pick the files up. 'Then some thoughtful person from surgery brought me some files to sign when they came back in when the snow melted.'

'They can wait until tomorrow.' House said, reaching across the desk and taking the pen from her hand. Cuddy didn't even acknowledge that he'd done it, just reached into her draw and got another. Which he promptly stole as well.

'House.' She said with a warning tone and snatched her pen back.

House stole it back.

'HOUSE!' he winced as Cuddy slammed her palms on the top of her desk and stood up, meeting his eyes for the first time since he'd come in. Sighing, she shook her head and sat back down. 'Sorry. I'm just really tired.' She closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair.

House closed all the files Cuddy had open and piled them next to the others on the corner of the desk. 'Lets go Cuddy, or I'll sedate you and get Wilson to carry you to my car.'

Looking at his no-nonsense expression, Cuddy sighed and stood up, trying unsuccessfully to hide a yawn as she slid her coat on while House ushered her out the door.

She said goodbye to the few members of staff who were at the front desk and followed House into the cold mid afternoon air.

'You don't need to walk me to my car you know.'

'No, but this way I actually know you're going home.' He grinned at her when she glared at him. Reaching her car Cuddy turned, leaning against the door and found House closer than she expected

'What?' she asked as he moved even closer. House didn't answer, just placed both his hands on her waist and pressed his lips to hers, pressing her further against the car. It took her a few seconds to respond but she eventually slid her arms around his neck and House took the opportunity to deepen the kiss, making Cuddy moan.

'House.' Cuddy protested against his lips as his hands began to wander. She really didn't want this to go further while they were still in the hospital car park, her hospital car park.

'Sorry.' He said backing away and looking at his feet in uncharacteristic embarrassment.

'Hey,' she said softly, stepping closer to him. She waited until he looked at her before continuing with a smirk, 'as much as I would like to continue this, I really need to go home and sleep. On my own.' She added noticing the look appearing on his face.

'Probably just as well.' He said, his usually cocky expression firmly in place, 'you'll need all your energy for later.'

'Really?' she asked disbelieving, getting in the car and starting the engine, 'and why would that be?'

'Well, now that would be spoiling the surprise.' House answered cryptically, leaning through the open window.

Cuddy just rolled her eyes, 'I'll see you later House.' And pulled out of her parking space.

'Later Cuddy.' He smirked, heading for his own car.

I'm sorry it's not very long but I kind of ran dry around this point. I hope you'll all review :) I'm not too sure about this chapter either I don't think it runs very well. Let me know what you think (please!)

Thanks for reading.